CORVALLIS -- At the end of Craig Robinson's weekly press
conference Tuesday, Oregon State play-by-play announcer Mike Parker asked the
sixth-year Beavers coach for his stance on the NCAA's one-and-done transfer
rule.

Parker prefaced the question by stating it wasn't related to
Oregon, OSU's opponent Sunday. Still, the timing seemed perhaps a tad too
coincidental. Ducks coach Dana Altman, after all, has found considerable
success with transfers in his three-plus years in Eugene.

This season, six of Oregon's top nine scorers came from
another college program. Two of them — forward Mike Moser (UNLV) and guard Jason
Calliste (Detroit) — are seniors who were granted immediate eligibility since
they own degrees from their previous university.

Robinson, who stressed that his answer wasn't directed
toward the Ducks, derided such a practice. The rule is unfair to the programs
that "can't recruit the blue-chip guys," he explained, because a bigger-name
team ultimately benefits from the time the first school spent developing the
player.

"If he's transferring to another program," Robinson added,
"he should have to sit out like any other transfer should. That would at least
curtail some of that."

Parker then asked Robinson why he hasn't put more effort
into landing transfers at OSU.

"It's a slippery slope," Robinson said. "Technically I'm not
allowed to talk to a guy until he gets his release. But these deals, these
situations are handled well before that. So if I'm following the letter of the law,
I'd be late anyway.

"... It's not like I have anything against it. It's just that
if you're trying to build something the right way, it's going to take time. I
have empirical data from Northwestern, you know, and it's just hard to go out
and poach guys when you really aren't supposed to be able to talk to them.
That's hard for me to figure out how to do."

Robinson also took the opportunity to say he believes "that
when a coach leaves, a kid should be able to leave. So it's interesting. I
think the NCAA is moving toward that. But that can be confusing so I don't know
which direction they're going."